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At its best, the Flyer Forum continues to be a valuable resource for the General Aviation community

It is a place where flyers of all experience levels can meet to discuss and exchange up-to-date undistorted...

The team at FLYER knows how extraordinary that solo feeling is, and we’d like to help you celebrate with a special FLYER memento. If you sends us a photo of you with your solo aircraft, along with the date that you soloed, you can receive an email...

Have three free issues on us!

Got your PPL recently? Congratulations, we'd like to help you celebrate by sending you THREE free issues of Flyer* All you need to do is to send us a copy of your licence (photocopy, fax, scan etc.) and we'll do...

Here it is again, the chance to shine for all pilots who learn new stuff - and that's all of us, right?!

The forum and resident forumites share in the celebration of any noteworthy milestones along the path of your aviation career - whether that...

I know i've read it here somewhere....but naturally now I can't find it.

After airlaw, what do people recommend as the next exam? I've heard both operational procedures or human factors.......but would be grateful for advice.

For a while I've been meaning to put together a little compilation of "stuff that helped" while I was learning to fly. I got around to it in the end (almost a year after getting the PPL...) and the result is now here(PDF) .

It's less a...

For the benefit of those considering a PPL(A) and wanting to know time and cost, I’m sharing my experience based upon detailed records I kept. This is just my way through it, yours may differ, but I hope it gives you some insight and food for...

The team at FLYER knows how extraordinary that solo feeling is, and we’d like to help you celebrate with a special FLYER memento. If you sends us a photo of you with your solo aircraft, along with the date that you soloed, you can receive an email...

I have 100m of land in my back garden, is there any aircraft capable of operating from this?

We've all seen the videos of STOL aircraft taking off into headwinds within a few meters, but how does this translate to real-world flying?

Hello!

I've always wanted to learn to fly and fortunately I am in a position now to make a start and plough through it at a decent rate.

Unfortunately, now that I'm set on and able to learn to fly, seems everything is against me!

I had a trial...

Don’t think it’s operating till the new year but looks like Merseyflight is setting up a New base judging by the info on their website

Hi all,
With the lack of flying at the moment I have been looking at other ways to fill my time and have revisited the possibility of doing my IR(R). However, while I understand that it can be a life saver and can help you fly when the conditions...

With 2021 quickly approaching. A lot of people will want to begin flight training or have questions about it.

I have put together a short video including:
Cost
Equipment
Medical
Syllabus

Hi all,
I got my class 2 medical a few months ago... but I'm worried I've unintentionally missed something from my medical history!...
Basically, I was given sleeping tablets as a one off (Which I never ended up taking) just as I was having some...

When carrying out a crosswind takeoff, I’ve noticed that it’s more difficult to keep it straight on the runway if the wind is coming from the left of the aircraft & easier if it’s from the right. Seems to be the same in both high & low wing...

Don’t know bout you but I’m already over lockdown 2.0 What’s worse is that with Xmas, work etc regardless of if lockdown is extended I’m looking at the real chance I won’t fly again till Next year now.

On top of trying to find weather thats just...

Dear fellow Pilots,

I have recently got my PPL licence over summer 2020, I am an engineering student in my final year at university and thus am doing my final year project.

My project that I have decided to invest my time into, aims to prepare...

Hi Guys! I 've just started flying and filling out my logbook after instruction flights... I keep my logbook in the flightschool and always photograph for safety.
but I want to have a digital copy in my phone / in the cloud. For safety (if it get...

Hi All,

New member here and also a new PPL starter. Ive had two lessons so far and absolutely love every minute of it. Its been something i have wanted to do from even before i could drive, but money was the limiting factor. Hitting the big 40...

Hi All,

newbie student here. how do people cope with being left handed, when the PTT radio button is on the left of the yoke on a PA28?

I have the knee pad on my right as otherwise it digs into the side of the plane, but it seems difficult to...

Hi everyone,

I am really interested in hearing from commercial pilots who followed the modular route. I am a finance professional who has wanted to fly but funding has held me back, now I believe I am in a position (age 32) to pay from training...

Helloo flying people

I'm Ciarian, 24 yr old guy who currently works on large generator engines......recently the lockdown has got me thinking about my life, the things I want to do, my career, etc. I've always had a keen interest in flying and...

Hi

By the letter of the policy you have to have a license to get the EC rebate so I emailed the CAA asking that whilst I don’t have a license yet I’m known to you as you’ve issued a class two so would you make an exception for students?

Shock...

[ Moderator's Note : This first post was initially appended to this thread from 2004 . It's probably better to be an up-to-date thread of its own.]

I stumbled on this post and have exactly the same question but I note that this is quite an old post...

Just as a hypothetical, say I was in a position to buy and saw the above linked advert to a reasonably priced aircraft. What should I be looking out for? Are there any obvious red flags? What would be the sensible steps to ensure it was in a good...

finally did it.

Liverpool was oddly quiet for arrivals today and even managed to get six circuits in about 55mins which was a first, before my instructor was like “wanna do one on your own” thankfully I slotted in between all the departures pretty...

My first proper lesson . ...

Woke up to fog, rang aerodrome, they reported decent cloud base and some blue sky.

As I drove down the weather improved and we ended up with scattered above 3,000', blue skies, wind light, almost straight down the...

Before any flight I mark my route on the chart but I found for a diversion POV that’s it’s really helpful to draw a little compass rose on a part of the chart I’m not using and note the wind correction for each 45 degrees so that I can quickly look...

Tomorrow sees our first virtual event when we open the doors (well, screens) to our Pilot Careers Live show.

We're currently in confusing and uncertain times, and if you're thinking of a career on the flight deck, then you'll need to gather as...

Hello All,

I trust everyone is staying safe and well, and (as a relative newcomer to the Forum) I'm hoping this is the right place to post, rather than the Licencing sub-forum.

Having thoroughly abused the search bar over the last week or so and...

One occasionally gets asked by students (and, surprisingly, by some FIs) what is in the PPL Skills Test.

The answer is that the whole Flight Test system is 'standardised' by the CAA for very obvious reasons. You can't have Examiner A doing the test...

Hey everyone,

I’ve searched on here and online to get a good overview/idea of what to expect end to end on the skills test but I’ve not found anything that covers all elements of the test. Maybe I’m Carp at searching...?

I’m curious how much time...

so had 2 firsts today

1st of all it my first flight (from scratch) with no instructor, spoke to him in the club house, signed out given a key and be back in 60 mins essentially (way more but you know)

so very slowly and very methodically went...

Hi all,

Firstly I’m not associated with javelin at all but I’m currently doing their online RT training which covers everything in comms to get you ready for the written comms exam and the RT exam, all done over a five week period 2.5 hours, one...

Hi all

Joined a week or so ago, I've been wanting to learn to fly for years, but (like most I assume) never had both the time and the money (and some would argue...) to commit to the PPL.

However, I'm now at the point where it makes sense to start...

so I haven't finished my PPL yet but a share came up in my local airfield, went to see it tonight and now I have a Share in an AA5 :)

going to be a while until I can use it but really looking forward to doing this over the next month or so :)

Anyone got a link or pdf they can share of a time ruler all I seem to be finding is an actual ruler, I just want a paper one I can reference, was thinking of making one but why reinvent the wheel ;)

Managed to get some solo circuits in today, “you wanna do a couple on your own” turned into over an hour, my first hour flying on my own and it was amazing even better than first solo I think as I wasn’t shi$$ing it quite so much.

The cherry on...

Hi, I’m 14 and self funding my PPL.
I’ve seen some people online at a similar age cleaning aircrafts at their local flight school/airport. I’d like to either try and work/volunteer at my school or put a notice on the board offering to clean private...

I don’t think I’ve ever been so annoyed with myself as I have this week.

Was doing circuits and whilst the wind was pretty light 9k it was very variable, approach was stable and everything good until about 50ft gust blew me to the right a fair...

Sorry.....thought I had already posted this but the post seems to have gone astray!!

Apparently if I want to do the IR (as I have a CPL and previously did the ATPL's) I only need to do 4 exams.

Anyone know how similar the exams are to the ATPL's I...

Hi

I’m making a little reference guide for the above among others I’ve got all the Safety factors and performance changes to apply but I’m struggling to find the minimum runway length needed for take off and landing.

I don’t see it in the POH I...

Had another lesson cancelled just now because of the great British weather.

I've had a lesson booked pretty much every weekday for the last 10 weeks or so, in an attempt to get my PPL completed before the autumn kicked in, well over half have been...

Hey,
Just wondering what peoples opinion of the new electronic exam system was (i think some schools have been testing it out for a while now?) is the question bank drastically different from the paper version?

Thanks all :)

So I've barely started my PPL, and already consideing where I will do my night rating :p

A question though, as I'm doing my PPL in Switzerland (and will have my PPL held by the Swiss authorities); will I be able to do a night rating any other EASA...

Having passed my Airlaw a bit back, today i sucessfully sat
- Human Performance
- Ops
- General Knowledge
- Met

pretty happy with that haul now onto the remaining ones :)

Happy Sat everyone

Hi All,

I am my 40s and after many years of thinking about it and having some flight experiences along the way have decided to go for a PPL.

Have narrowed my choice down to Andrewsfield or Earls Colne, which are roughly a 30 minute drive from me....

After many months, today, I passed my nav exam which marks the end of the written exams for me as it was my final one and thank god for that!

Radio license next.

Was thinking of burning that stupid wizzy wheel to celebrate but I’ll keep it safe...

Hi, just wanted to get something 100% clear before I sit the (paper-based) Nav exam next week:

Exams for most of the PPL subjects are random fact-based questions ("what is this?", "why is so-and-and-so?" etc.).

For the Nav...

Anyone else get this email from the CAA today?

I’ve not been on to change anything, and the password hasn’t been changed, so I assume a glitch...

I was motivated to watch a few paragliding videos by an ex forumite and discovered this guy just as he was moving to flex. Although not entirely relevant to most as far as machinery goes I thought the message in this video may be of use to some. :D...

Hello,
I am a masters student at university and I've saved enough to afford a PPL.
I'm hesitating if I should start lessons around November, flying once, maybe twice per week or wait until the spring/summer and do it more intensely. I am planning to...

I shared in my post "When's it too late..?" that I want to become a commercial pilot. It's a deliberate career change choice based on wanting to realise a boyhood wish. So I've decided it really is now or never.

I have booked in for my...